My mom told me when I was about 9 that if you looked at a centipede long enough for it to count you teeth you would die before morning. I walked around with my hand over my mouth whenever I was outside for about a year
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I didn't brush my teeth at night, ants would crawl into my mouth and eat my teeth.Anon
- I once thought that snakes had legs like a centipede.Anon
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- My older brother used to tell me if you ate raw potatoes your teeth would grow long and curly!— Lauren
- I used to think wall outlets looked like little faces (eyes and mouth), and so I would talk to them sometimes!— EJ
- I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha